BRIEFS: Oakland City in CCNIT title game

Mitch Stahl scored 28 points and Oakland City beats Crowley’s Ridge 67-58 Friday night in one CCNIT semifinal at Oakland City. The win improved the Mighty Oaks to 23-4, giving them a school record for wins in a season. Oakland City trailed by eight at halftime to beat Crowley’s Ridge (10-22) of Arkansas. Virginia-Lynchburg (9-23) won the other semifinal, beating Victory College (21-8) of Tennessee, 84-77. OCU and Lynchburg will meet for the title at 8 tonight.

UE selling tickets for postseason tourney

The University of Evansville is holding a pre-sale for a post-season home basketball game next Tuesday at the Ford Center. The Aces have been assured a home game in either the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) or the CollegeInsider.com (CIT) tournaments — though UE is still holding out hope for a more prestigious NIT berth. Lower bowl tickets are now being sold for $15 and season ticket holders have until 4 p.m. Sunday to secure their seats. Season ticket holders must purchase their seats through the UE ticket office at the Carson Center or by calling (812) 488-ACES. The ticket office will be open from 10 a.m.to 4 p.m. today, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday and 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. Tuesday. Tickets also will go on sale at the Ford Center box office and www.ticketmaster.com on Monday morning at 10 a.m.

BASEBALL

Dokey leads USI to sweep of Rockhurst

Junior A.J. Dokey had three hit Friday at Rockhurst University to help lead the University of Southern Indiana baseball team to a sweep over the Hawks in a Great Lakes Valley Conference doubleheader. The Screaming Eagles took the first game 7-6 and followed up with a 4-1 victory. USI used a six-run third inning in the opener to take control after trailing 2-0 early. Dokey got the inning started with a double and then later scored when Reece Rounder grounded into a fielder’s choice. B.J. Willis picked-up his 11th RBI with an infield single and Andrew Cope then drove in Rounder and Willis with a base hit. In the second game, USI (11-1, 2-0) put together a three-run fifth to take a 4-1 lead when Dokey, Bryce Shoulders and Kyle Kempf each had RBI doubles.

TENNIS

Indiana women upset No. 2 Duke

The Indiana women’s tennis team knocked off No. 2 Duke 4-2 Friday afternoon in Las Vegas, giving the Hoosiers their first win over a top-10 opponent this season. Duke (9-3) won the doubles point, but IU won three of the four singles matches that were completed and picked up a forfeit at No. 6 singles. IU’s Leslie Hureu got the Hoosiers started by rallying to beat Ester Goldfeld 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 at No. 1 singles. Carolyn Chupa had an even tougher three-set match, but beat Mary Clayton 5-7, 7-5, 6-3. Katie Klyczek also bounced back from a first-set loss to beat Hanna Mar 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Mar is ranked No. 16 nationally. “We have been close to beating top 20 teams all year,” IU coach Lin Loring said. “We have kept telling the girls that we are good team and just keep believing. The highlight of the match has to be that after losing the first set in every singles match, we came back and won every second set. You could feel the momentum changing. This was a huge win for our program.”